SPACECRAFT WATCH FOR COMET HALE-BOPP TAIL DISRUPTION

POLAR ALSO DETECTS HALE-BOPP SODIUM TAIL

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May 19, 1997 - (date of web publication)

This animated gif video of Hale-Bopp was obtained with a 30 cm reflector working at f/6. This is 7 -30 second exposures taken with an Apogee AP-7 CCD. The first exposure was taken on 03-07-97 at 10:23:45 UT; the last exposure was taken 11:13:17. The images were enhanced to show the jets from the nucleus. The image was taken by Tim Puckett, Courtesy Puckett Observatory, Copyright©1997 www.cometwatch.com

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